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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Check Out This Rad Poster For 'Beats Of Rage,' 'The FP' Sequel We've Dreamed Of

If you ask me, and no one did, the Trost Brothers’ 2011
dystopian gang dance off, The FP, doesn’t get nearly the love
it should. This should be raised to bona-fide cult status by now. Last year, we
heard they’re working to Beat-Beat a sequel into reality, and it sounds like their
efforts were successful. The FP 2, titled Beats of
Rage, has a badass new poster and a ton of fresh details.

If this Beats of Rage poster, which
debuted like a debutante at Screen Anarchy, looks familiar, there’s a good reason
for that. This image sprang forth from the sick-and-twisted mind of Thomas Hodge,
the man behind the similarly themed poster for Jason Eisener’s Hobo
With a Shotgun.

I can and often do go on at great length extolling the virtues
of The FP. But if you don’t know about it, check out this
trailer below. And even further below that, you’ll find the entire press
release about Beats of Rage.

Last we heard, they were trying to crowdfund Beats
of Rage. That must have gone well, because the press release says the
“ghetto-ass fantasy” will debut at “a major U.S. genre festival” in October,
2018.

That’s good news. I’m curious where it will bow. Fantastic
Fest seems ready made for Beats of Rage, but that’s in
September. Sitges is a fit, but that’s in Spain. Telluride Horror Show may be a
possibility. As is the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, though that’s a wee babe
in comparison. If I had to place money on it, I’d be Screamfest in L.A., but
what the hell do I know?

Whenever we finally see Beats of Rage, I’m
going to Beat-Beat the shit out this thing!

North Hollywood, CA – Any follow-up to 2011’s beloved
post-apocalyptic comedy The FP has huge Beat-Beat boots to fill. But if the
just-revealed poster art is any indication, director Jason Trost is delivering
everything we loved about the original in his sequel, Beats of Rage.

“We wanted everything about Beats of Rage to build on and do
more of what people loved in The FP,” Trost said. “My hope is that, when they
see this super badass poster by Tom Hodge, people will have a sense of how much
fun the movie is, and the kind of wild ride they’re in for.

Created by hand-drawn poster legend Thomas Hodge (The Dude
Designs), the official poster for Beats of Rage features a gleaming, pitch-perfect
title treatment inspired by the arcade game at the heart of the FP universe,
where gangs settle turfwars with battles on “Beat Beat Revalation” dance decks.
Flames explode behind it.

At the center of the action, surrounded by characters
dressed in dystopian Americana, Beat-Beat champion JTRO (hero of the first
film, played by the multi-tooled Trost) has returned. He’s ready for a fight.
Looming threateningly over them all in a column of blue and purple light is the
sole collector himself, AK-47.

Beats of Rage is a “ghetto-ass fantasy” set in an
apocalyptic world locked in a booze drought. It continues the story of
fan-favorite JTRO, a Beat-Beating champion from a legendary bloodline of
beat-beaters.

Despite hanging up his boots following the events of The FP,
JTRO must return to the blood sport of Beat-Beat Revelation one last time. JTRO
and KCDC – his mystical hype man – will quest deep into The Wastes, a land
decimated by the Beat Wars, to compete in the ancient Beat-Beat tournament,
“Beats of Rage,” face AK-47 – and, hopefully, save the world.

Trost plans to debut the film at “a major U.S. genre
festival” this October, with more information to be announced on Trost’s
Facebook page soon.